Hi All,
Meeting a strict deadline on my photographic assignment I had to spend the last 48 hours (with occasional naps) in front of a computer. Since retouching is mostly a mechanical task involving little to no brain activity I decided to use this time to give my Mahler collection a thorough listen.
At a certain moment when I grew a bit tired of the weight of SR-325i (driven by RA-1) I switched to listening to the same music from iPod -> Corda Move -> KSC-75. I was surprised, to say the least. The sound became more consistent, and despite the less resolving power of the 75s I could still distinctly hear groups of instruments in the orchestra, but the sensation of music as a whole strengthened! I listened to a great performance of Mahler's 9th by Scherchen which was very poorly recorded in early 60s. With the 75s I was just paying less attention to recording quality because the music grasped me from the start!
Can this be a sign of my tastes in sound equipment getting worse? If I prefer a pair of cheap clip-ons to Grados, is there a chance that one of these days I may try Those Triports and like them? Maybe some fellow HeadFiers have met this fenomena before.
My 75s are Kramer-modded, recabled and have extra pads on top of original ones (both quarter-modded).
I seem to be losing whatever standards I had regarding headphones!
Meeting a strict deadline on my photographic assignment I had to spend the last 48 hours (with occasional naps) in front of a computer. Since retouching is mostly a mechanical task involving little to no brain activity I decided to use this time to give my Mahler collection a thorough listen.
At a certain moment when I grew a bit tired of the weight of SR-325i (driven by RA-1) I switched to listening to the same music from iPod -> Corda Move -> KSC-75. I was surprised, to say the least. The sound became more consistent, and despite the less resolving power of the 75s I could still distinctly hear groups of instruments in the orchestra, but the sensation of music as a whole strengthened! I listened to a great performance of Mahler's 9th by Scherchen which was very poorly recorded in early 60s. With the 75s I was just paying less attention to recording quality because the music grasped me from the start!
Can this be a sign of my tastes in sound equipment getting worse? If I prefer a pair of cheap clip-ons to Grados, is there a chance that one of these days I may try Those Triports and like them? Maybe some fellow HeadFiers have met this fenomena before.
My 75s are Kramer-modded, recabled and have extra pads on top of original ones (both quarter-modded).
I seem to be losing whatever standards I had regarding headphones!
